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*'What's Gnawing At Me/Molly' (1968, Tetragrammaton) *'The Knight Wigguh and the Nippie Higger' (2004, Wascals) *'Live At The Earl Of Oldtown' (recorded 1977, released 2003, Wascals) *'The Elizabethan Period' (2000, GoddessOne) *'Thee Messiah Album/Live at Gatsby's' (1979, downpatrecords/Pacific Arts) *'Roast Beef' (1978, downpatrecords/Pacific Arts) *'Hamburger Blues' (1974, Sweet Jane Limited) *'Uncle Jesus, Aunty Christ' (1972, United Artists) *'Half Live at the Bitter End' (1971, Buddah) *'Children of Light' (1969, Tetragrammaton, re-released on Buddah) Rose's Side' (1968, Tetragrammaton, re-released on Buddah) *'Banjo and Ballyhoo' (1963, Angry Young Man Records)

In his web-based art, Christ and Hitler are referenced often, apparently as icons/personifications of good and evil. He makes controversial use of racial stereotypes. He has introduced spoken word and rap elements into his songs some recordings experiment with extended song forms and eccentric instrumentation. Rose's work of the past ten years differs from his early recordings. His piano-playing has been described as jaunty, reminiscent of pre- World War II Broadway musicals. His lyrics have been described as romantic and humorous, while promoting a left-wing hippie philosophy. Rose's early work consists of unaccompanied piano and vocals as well as more heavily orchestrated numbers. A US CD re-released his Tetragrammaton albums and singles, and a UK compilation covered Rose's work from 1968 through 1985. ġ978's 'Roast Beef' was produced by Mike Nesmith and recorded in a single take.Ģ005 saw a revival of label interest in Rose's work. He emceed the Atlantic City Pop Festival of 1969, and the Atlanta Pop Festival of 1970. He also performed his songs on 'The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour', ' American Bandstand', and Hugh Hefner's 'Playboy After Dark'. Rose's Side', Rose made several memorable appearances on Johnny Carson's ' The Tonight Show' from 1968 to 1970. įollowing the release of 1968's 'The Thorn in Mrs. Other Rose songs were covered by John Denver and Pat Boone. The song was originally released by Tiny Tim as the B-side to his 1968 hit single, ' Tiptoe through the Tulips.' Bowie played another Rose song, 'Buzz the Fuzz,' in live performance. Eventually, Rose moved back to songwriting.ĭavid Bowie covered the song ' Fill Your Heart,' co-written by Rose and Paul Williams, on his album ' Hunky Dory' (1971). By 1966 he moved to Hollywood, working as a comedy sketch writer with George Carlin for a host of television variety shows, ultimately working with some regularity on the Mort Sahl show. As compensation, there are informed liner notes about his enigmatic career, though he's no more peculiar than the music on this disc, which mixes quirky humor with vaudeville music and jazz-boogie piano.Paul 'Biff' Rose is an American comedian and singer-songwriter.īorn in New Orleans, Rose first came to prominence as a banjo-toting standup comedian, profiled in Time magazine in 1965. That's enough to keep this from being the best single-disc Rose compilation that could have been assembled. Unfortunately, due to licensing restrictions, there's nothing from his pair of early-'70s Buddah albums, which leaves a bit of a gap from his prime. For collectors, there's a rare non-LP 1969 single, 'Take Care of My Brother'/'Myrtle's Pies,' taken from sessions for an unreleased album that didn't get far the A-side in particular has somewhat more elaborate production than much of his early material, though it's still not exactly conventional pop.

The most famous of his songs, 'Fill Your Heart' (covered by David Bowie on Hunky Dory), is here, of course, as is 'Buzz the Fuzz,' which Bowie can be heard doing on a live 1970 bootleg (but never officially released). Fill Your Heart with Biff Rose does a good job of drawing 18 tracks from Biff Rose's 1968-1985 recordings about two-thirds of it is taken from his pre-1973 output.

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